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From: Jasmin Harvey [jharvey at ucla.edu]
Subject: CFP: Workshop on "Developing language resources for minority
languages"
This was submitted to the Cimbrian list recently, but seems to have
relevance to this one, too.
Jasmin Harvey
UCLA Germanic Linguistics
>> Workshop on
>>
>> Developing language resources for minority languages:
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> reusability and strategic priorities
>> ------------------------------------
>> Athens, Greece - May 30 (14:30 - 20:00)
>>
>> (Preceding LREC2000 conference)
>>
>> http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/SALTMIL/lrec00.html
>>
>> CALL FOR PAPERS
>> ---------------
>>
>> There will be a one-day workshop on the theme of "Developing language
>> resources for minority languages: re-useability and strategic
priorities" on
>> the afternoon of May 30th 2000 at Athens, Greece (preceding the 2nd
>> International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, LREC2000). The
>> aim of the workshop is to bring together those who are developing language
>> resources for minority languages, in order to build contacts and share
>> experience. The workshop will include the first meeting of the ISCA
SALTMIL
>> SIG: "Speech and Language Technology for Minority Languages".
>>
>> WORKSHOP SCOPE AND AIMS
>> -----------------------
>>
>> The minority or "lesser used" languages of the world (e.g. Basque, Welsh,
>> Breton) are under increasing pressure from the major languages. Some of
them
>> (e.g. Gaelic) are endangered, but others (e.g. Catalan) are in a stronger
>> position. However, the situation with regard to language resources is
>> fragmented and disorganised. Some minority languages have been adequately
>> researched linguistically, but most have not, and the vast majority do
not yet
>> possess basic speech and language resources (such as text and speech
corpora)
>> which are sufficient to permit commercial development of products.
>>
>> If this situation were to continue, the minority languages of the world
would
>> fall a long way behind the major languages, as regards the availability of
>> commercial speech and language products. This in turn will accelerate the
>> decline of those languages that are already struggling to survive, as
speakers
>> are forced to use the majority language for interaction with these
products.
>> To break this vicious circle, it is important to encourage the
development of
>> basic language resources.
>>
>> The workshop is a small step towards encouraging the development of such
>> resources. The aim is to disseminate information on existing projects and
>> possible future strategies, as well as forming personal contacts and
sharing
>> best practice. This will make it easier for isolated researchers with
little
>> funding and no pre-existing resources to begin developing language
resources
>> that are maximally useful.
>>
>> The workshop will also incorporate the first meeting of the ISCA "SALTMIL"
>> SIG: "Speech and Language Technology for MInority Languages".
>>
>> Talks will include the following:
>>
>> 1) A general overview of the situation of minority languages.
>> (Donncha O'Croinin, Ireland)
>>
>> 2) Strategic priorities for the development of language technology in
>> minority languages.
>> (Kepa Sarasola, Basque Country)
>>
>> 3) Funding for research into language technology for minority languages.
>> (Bojan Petek, Slovenia)
>>
>> The contributed poster papers will focus on existing projects in the
>> field, with the opportunity to share useful information. This includes
>> (but is not limited to) topics such as:
>>
>> 1) Presentations of existing speech and text databases for minority
>> languages, with particular emphasis on software tools that have been
>> found useful in their development.
>>
>> 2) Presentation of existing lexicons for minority languages, with
>> particular emphasis on fast production methods.
>>
>> Submissions
>> -----------
>>
>> Papers are invited that will describe existing speech and language
resources
>> for minority languages (speech databases, text databases, and lexicons),
also
>> papers based on the analysis of these resources. All contributed papers
will
>> be presented in poster form. Abstracts (maximum 500 words) should be
sent to:
>>
>> Donncha O'Croinin, ITE, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
>> email: doc at ite.ie
>> Electronic submission is preferred (plain text, Postscript, or MS Word
6.0).
>>
>> Those who wish to attend without offering a paper are asked to indicate
their
>> interest to Donncha O'Croinin (doc at ite.ie) in order to receive their own
>> copy of the final programme and registration details.
>>
>> The workshop webpage is at: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/SALTMIL/lrec00.html
>>
>> Important dates
>> ---------------
>>
>> Deadline for submission of abstracts: 11 February 2000
>> Notification of acceptance: 3 March 2000
>> Camera-ready papers due: 28 March 2000
>> Workshop: 30 May (afternoon)
>>
>> Organizers
>> ----------
>>
>> Briony Williams University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
>> Donncha O'Croinin Linguistics Institute of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
>> Climent Nadeu Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Catalunya,
Spain
>> Kepa Sarasola University of the Basque Country, Basque Country
>> Bojan Petek University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> LREC2000 CONFERENCE INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------
>> 31 May - 2 June 2000, Athens, Greece
>>
>> General information about the main conference is at:
>> http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/lrec2000.html)
>>
>> Specific queries about the conference should be directed to:
>>
>> Ms. Despina Scutari
>> LREC Secretariat
>> Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
>> 6, Artemidos & Epidavrou Str.
>> 15125 Marousi
>> Athens
>> GREECE
>>
>> Tel: +301 6800959
>> Fax: +301 6854270
>> e-mail: LREC2000 at ilsp.gr
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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